Megadeth have been nominated for Best Metal Performance for Dystopia – and their leader Dave Mustaine says it marks the “grand finale to the most perfect campaign.”

He reports: “Last time we were nominated I was at the awards talking with Kenny G and I said how we’d been nominated a lot, but hadn’t won it yet. He said, ‘Don’t feel bad, it took me 21 times to win my first one!’ This has been such an incredible year for Megadeth.

“With so many milestones, and so many individual and group awards, to now have this honour of being nominated again is the grand finale to the most perfect campaign.”

Metallica, who have been nominated in the Best Rock Song category for Hardwired, say: “Wow! Hardwired… To Self-Destruct has only been out for a little over two weeks and we are humbled and honoured to be nominated for a Grammy.”

Baroness are nominated in the same category as Megadeth for their track Shock Me, and mainman John Baizley says hearing the news was an “unexpected surprise.”

He says: “Thank you for considering Baroness and Shock Me for a Grammy. What an unexpected surprise to get at 5 am in Australia.”

The full list of nominees relating to rock, metal and prog artists can be viewed below.